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Scientific staff

CFHT's scientific staff is composed of
resident astronomers, visiting astronomers, a QSO specialist,
and remote observers. The science staff is involved in several of the
scientific activities ongoing at CFHT.

Daily Science Activities

Observations
The main scientific activity at CFHT consists of the execution of
observations for the accepted science programs. This is done via Queue Scheduled Observing (QSO) Four instruments are
available in the QSO mode.

ESPaDOnS, an Echelle
SpectroPolarimetric Device for high resolution spectroscopy and
polarimetry.

Scientific results

Important results obtained from CFHT data are often covered in the
News. Please visit the News section for our
latest discoveries.

CFHT data archive at CADC

Observations obtained with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from
February 1990 to the present are archived at the CADC.
The CFHT archive at CADC allows searches by observation meta-data, such
as object name and run ID, and presents the results of the search in
a tabular format. Users can request and receive archival data and, for
some imaging data, previews of CFHT data.

Opera, an open-source software pipeline for the processing of echelle spectra.

The scientific staff also participated in the Observatory Automation Project (OAP).

Research

CFHT astronomers conduct their own science projects and
publish research papers.
A few astronomers have written articles on various astronomical topics
for the general public in the local North Hawaii News weekly magazine.